Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Manheim borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,360

Household (median)                                               30,483

Family (median)                                                  35,885

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,079

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,277





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.0

  Black                                                            43.5

  Other race                                                       19.7

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 88

  Elementary or High School                                         730

  College                                                           123



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.6

  High school grad (%)                                             72.4

  College grad (%)                                                 14.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,758

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,500

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.4

  Mean Income                                                    30,550

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.3

  Mean Income                                                    43,255

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,317

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    467

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.0

  Service (%)                                                      15.9

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.3

  Labor (%)                                                        28.8





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996